UID:
almafu_9959236550402883
Format:
1 online resource (272 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4214-0560-1
Content:
With it you'll finally understand the why of wayfinding.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: Point of Departure""; ""First Quadrant: Geodesy""; ""CHAPTER ONE: Earth and Its Orbit""; ""CHAPTER TWO: Shaping the Earth""; ""Second Quadrant: Cartography""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Surveying""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: Mapmaking""; ""Third Quadrant: Early Exploration and Navigation""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: Early Explorers, Basic Tools""; ""CHAPTER SIX: Europe Discovers the World""; ""Fourth Quadrant: Navigation in Modern Times""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN: The Age of Sail and Steam""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT: The Electronic Age""; ""CONCLUSION: Nature's Navigators""
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""Technical Appendix""""Annotated Bibliography""; Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4214-0511-3
Language:
English
